Daša Vukelic joined the Budapest office of White & Case in 2007 as a member of our M&A and Private Equity practice groups.

Daša's practice focuses on cross-border M&A and private equity matters. She also has considerable experience in corporate and banking matters, including secured lending transactions and complex commercial contracts.

Since joining White & Case, Daša has been a member of our team advising: 

• The largest single investor in Central and Eastern Europe and a private equity co-investor in their €20 million co-investment in the newly-formed Hungarian technology company, a global point of sale processor of electronic prepaid products and services and a provider of enhanced mobile services for global communications and commerce; 
• A leading European health care company, and its management shareholders in the auction sale of the company to a private equity consortium, for €800 million; 
• A leading independent private equity investment firm focused on Central and Eastern Europe in relation to the implementation of a management incentive plan for one of its Czech-based portfolio companies; 
• The largest private health care services company in Central and Eastern Europe in relation to its acquisitions of various medical diagnostics and dialysis centers in Europe; 
• A private equity player in Central and Eastern Europe in connection with its €0.45 billion acquisition of a Baltic's mobile operator; and 
• A leading CEE private equity fund in connection with its €45 million growth equity investment, in exchange for an initial 32.11% and up to a 41.5% stake in a leading Romanian cable television and direct-to-home company.

Prior to joining White & Case, Daša worked as a Solicitor at a prestigious mid-size law firm in New Zealand as a member of the corporate and banking teams.

Bars and Courts
Budapest Bar, Foreign Legal Advisor, 2008
New Zealand, 2001

Education
LLB (Hons), University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2001
BA, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2001

Languages
English
French
Slovenian
Serbian
Croatian

Citizenship
New Zealand
Slovenia